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Article (28) Exemption and Reduction of Punishment for the Public Interest

1. The President of the State, based on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Authority, may be exempted from the penalty prescribed for any collaborator or partner in financial and administrative corruption who reported committing it before it was revealed, and that reporting led to the collection of evidence that leads to the conviction of the remaining partners, or if the report was made after Detecting corruption whenever this leads to the arrest of the rest of the violators or the recovery of public money.

2. When the Authority refers financial and administrative corruption violations in the cases referred to in Clause (1) of this Article to the Public Prosecution, it may recommend, in accordance with the controls and procedures stipulated in the Anti-Corruption Procedures Regulations, to reduce the penalty based on what it deems appropriate for the benefit of the administrative investigation.